Dehner v. City of St. Louis

CRANDALL, Judge.

Defendant, City of St. Louis, appeals from a judgment, entered on a jury verdict, in favor of plaintiffs, Charles V.- Dehner and others, for wrongful demolition of three buildings. The plaintiffs recovered $350,000, consisting of $175,000 for each of two buildings. The jury found for the City on the third building.

The City claims the judgment should be reversed because (1) plaintiffs were barred by collateral estoppel from relitigating the issue of wrongful demolition, (2) plaintiffs failed to exhaust their administrative remedies before bringing this action, (3) the court…